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  • Three Lions in Group L with Croatia, Panama and Ghana

  • Scotland drawn with Brazil, Morocco & Haiti

  • Republic of Ireland would face Mexico, South Africa and South Korea if they qualify

  • Wales or Northern Ireland drawn with Canada, Qatar and Switzerland if they progress

  • Mexico v South Africa will open tournament in Mexico City

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Emlyn Begley

  1. Group G: Belgium, Iran

  2. Group F: Netherlands, Japan

  3. Group E: Germany, Ecuador

  4. Group D: USA, Australia

  5. Group C: Brazil, Morocco

  6. Group B: Canada, Switzerland

  7. Group A: Mexico, South Korea

  8. England's opener will be in Toronto or Dallas.

    US Draw assistant Tom Brady shows the card reading France during the draw for the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup taking place in the US, Canada and Mexico, at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2025.Getty Images

  9. Group L: England

  10. Group K: Portugal

  11. Group I: France

    Tom Brady draws France from pot 1 during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, United States. Picture date: Friday December 5, 2025.PA Media

  12. Group J: Argentina

  13. Group H: Spain

  14. Group G: Belgium

  15. Group F: Netherlands

  16. Group E: Germany

    Tom Brady draws Germany from pot 1 during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, United States. Picture date: Friday December 5, 2025. PA Photo.PA Media

  17. Group C: Brazil

  18. Here we go.

    Pot 1 nations are displayed on a scren during the draw for the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup taking place in the US, Canada and Mexico, at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2025.Getty Images

  19. Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
    reporting from Philadelphia

    Bertha Castaneda says the World Cup in Philadelphia is a “once in a lifetime opportunity,” to see all these the world’s greatest football players. She is supporting Brazil and thinks Seleção will go all the way to lift the trophy.

    She predicts Brazil in Pot 1 will be paired with Morocco, Qatar, and New Zealand.

    A woman with long dark hair wearing a yellow Brazil football shirtBBC / Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu

    Bertha Castaneda is supporting Brazil

  20. Thomas Duncan
    BBC Sport Scotland

    Nearly 28 years Scotland wait to be in a World Cup and some might be wondering whether it was worth extending that wait right now.